Erich Przywara’s Theology of Israel: A Critical Response to “Historical Criticism”

In the Anglophone world the Jesuit philosopher and theologian Erich Przywara (1889-1972) tends to be known almost exclusively to Balthasar and Barth scholars (as an important mentor to the former and a formidable nemesis of the latter). In recent years, however, interest in Przywara has grown beyond...

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Main Author: Betz, John (Author)
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell [2021]
In: Modern theology
Year: 2021, Volume: 37, Issue: 1, Pages: 62-88
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Przywara, Erich 1889-1972 / Judaism / Antisemitism / History 1920-1940
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